COMMON ROHQUAL. 401 



Pevensey, as given by Prof. Flower in the Zoological 

 Society's Proceedings for 1865 : 



Ft. In. 



Extreme length in a straight line . . . 67 



From snout to flipper . ,.. . . . .21 



Length of 69 



Breadth of tail, about 13 



Depth of body, 4 feet in front of tail ... 4 6 



In the illustration at the head of this article we have 

 given a copy of the figure published by Prof. Flower in 

 the "Proceedings of the Zoological Society" for 1869, 

 pi. XLVII., as being an authentic drawing of a well- 

 identified specimen ; indications of the local colouring 

 have been added. The animal from which it was taken 

 was found floating dead in the Channel, and its skeleton is 

 now preserved at Portsmouth. 



A young Rorqual taken on the coast of Wales in 1846 

 is the type of Benedenia knoxii of Dr. Gray. It has been 

 ascribed to the present species by MM. Gervais and Van 

 Beneden, and their identification has been generally 

 accepted. 



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